Picture-frame



(NoModeL) ,E. OLDENBUSGH.

PICTURE FRAME. No. 590,071. Patented Sept. 14,1897.

Wlfneasemma i dam FEFIC i ERNEST OLDENBUSCH, OF JERSEYorrY, NEw JERSEY,ASSIGNOR 'ro WILLIAM sonIMPE a 00., on noBoKEN, NEW JERSEY.

PICTURE-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,071, datedSeptember 14, 1897.

Application filed May 18, 1897. $erial No. 636,275. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST OLDENBUSOH, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Picture-Frames, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in picture-frames, the objectbeing to provide a very simple and inexpensive frame consisting of fewparts and in which a small amount of material is required for theconstruction of the frame-back.

With these ends in view my invention consists in providing a singlestrip of rigid material bent to extend along the sides and across thebottom of the frame-front and secured to the fran1e-front to form asuitable receptacle for the picture and, if so desired, the glassprotector therefor.

My invention further consists in striking the hinge-straps from theframe-back, the said hinge-straps serving to receive pintles upon thesupporting-brace for hin gin g the Said brace thereto.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a front view of theframe. same. Fig. 3 represents a side view. Fig. 4 is a vertical centralsection through the frame from front to rear in the plane of the line 4at of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a view of the blank which is bent to formthe frame-back and also from which the hinge-straps are struck up orformed.

The front of the frame is denoted by A and it may be of any desiredshape and size. In the present instance it is shown as consisting of apair of side bars a a, connected at points near their opposite ends bytop and bottom cross-bars a a The said bars of the frame may be securedtogether in any suitable manner, in the present instance by suit ablerivet-pins ct binding the overlapping portions of the barstogether.

The frame-back is denoted as a whole by B and consists of a single stripof rigid material-such, for example, as sheet metal-bent into L shape incross-section and extending Fig. 2 represents a back view of the alongthe sides a a and across the bottom a of the frame-front.

The strip is cut away, as shown at b b, to permit it to be easily bentto form side bars 6 b and a bottom cross-bar bt The back faces of theside bars and bottom bar are adapted to overlap the edges of the picturewhen inserted in position within the back frame fol-supporting it andretaining it within the frame.

Hingestraps b b are struck up from the back faces of the sides of theback frame B for the reception of suitable pintles upon the back-brace,to be hereinafter described.

The back-brace is denoted by O and preferably consists of wire bent toform a horizontal portion 0 and two upright portions 0 0 the ends ofwhich upright portions are bent to form suitable hinge-pintles ccflwhich are adapted to be sprung or forced into the hinge-straps 19 Z)for hinging the supporting brace to the frame-back.

The frame-back may be secured to the frame-front in any suitablemannersuch, for instance, as by solder, (represented in the accompanyingdrawings by D.)

The frame constructed as above described consists of very few parts, isstrong and substantial, requires a small amount of metal for theframe'back, and is very simple, attractive, and light. Furthermore, byconstructing the frame-back in this manner the picture may be easilyinserted into and removed from the picture-frame and yet when insertedwithin the frame is firmly supported and retained along its sides andbottom edges therein.

It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to in the form andarrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit andscope of my invention. Hence I do' not wish to limit myself strictly tothe structure herein set forth; but

What I claim is- 1. The combination with a frame-front, of a frame-backsecured thereto consisting of a single strip of metal bent to extendalong the sides and across the bottom of the framefront, substantiallyas set forth.

2. The combination with a frame-front, of a frame-back secured theretoconsisting of a single strip of metal L shape in cross-section extendingalong the sides and across the bottom of the frame-front, substantiallyas set forth.

3. The combination With the frame-front and the supporting-brace, of aframe-back L shape in cross-section extending along the sides of theframe and hinge-straps struck from the rear faces of the said frame-backfor receiving pintles on the supporting-brace for 10 hinging it thereto,substantially as set forth. v

ERNEST OLDENBUSCH.

Vitnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, O. S. SUNDGREN.

